Sod turned for $881M modern training facility for nurses in Region Two

“We have changed that. So, what the training division is now doing is decentralizing the programs so that training can happen in every region of the country and that is quite important in your region. We have seen the training of pharmacy assistants. We have trained community health workers. We have trained nursing assistants and we are going to continue doing a number of trainings” the Minister said.

He continued that “Right now as I speak to you, we have 92 persons enrolled in various programs in this region and very soon they’ll be graduating and once we train someone and they pass their exams. We in the Ministry of Health, in the government of Guyana, we have a job for you so we train you and we employ you,” he stated.

Minister Anthony noted that the establishment of the facility in region is historical.

“When you build a school, it’s not being built for something today alone. It is the people who would come through that school and graduate and who would carry on the legacy that is what we’re building, we’re nurturing minds and those minds are the ones who are going to provide the care that people need not just in this region but even for the field,” Dr Anthony noted.

Dr Anthony is optimistic that the nurses trained in the region will excel in their studies as the region produces students who excel at CXC exams not only in Guyana but also tops the Caribbean region.

“We want to see that happen for nursing and this school this school would provide those opportunities,” Dr Anthony stated.

The Project was also endorsed by Minister Persaud who urged those who will be trained at the facility to remain in Guyana to serve.

“If they want to pursue the nursing profession the opportunity is here the opportunity is right here in Region Two in Essequibo, and they must cherish after they would have qualified or graduated the input that this government …would have invested in them we can’t tell them to stay,” he stated.

There are only currently three existing nursing schools in Guyana, located in Linden, New Amsterdam and Georgetown.